Cossali, PietroOrigine, trasporto in Italia, primi progressi in essa dell'algebra... Printed by Bodoni Parma: Reale Tipografia Parma, 1797-1799. History of Algebra, Printed by Bodoni, Inscribed by the AuthorCossali, Pietro. Origine, trasporto in Italia, primi progressi in essa dell'algebra. . . . 2 vols., 4to. [24, incl. blank leaf], 396, [4]; [10], 492, [4]pp. 2 engraved plates. Parma: [Giambattista Bodoni for] Reale Tipografia Parmense, 1797-99. 282 x 203 mm. Quarter calf, speckled boards c. 1799, expertly rebacked, a bit rubbed. Fine, crisp copy, presented by the author to his friend Luigi Bramieri, with the recipient's inscription opposite the title in Vol. I: " Dono graziosissimo dell' egregio autore a me devotissimo suo amico Luigi Bramieri." First Edition. Cossali, the best-known historian of mathematics in 18th-century Italy, taught physics and astronomy at the University of Parma, and was later named by Napoleon to the chair of mathematics at Padua. "He wrote various memoirs on mathematical questions, chiefly algebraic, but is best known for his history of algebra, a work of considerable scholarship and even yet of service to the student of this phase of the subject" (Smith, History of Mathematics, 1, p. 541). "C'est un ouvrage important, plein de recherches auxquelles prÈside la critique la plus ÈclairÈee. Apres avoir examine toutes les opinions contraires, il conclut que l'algebre a ete empruntee aux Indiens par les Arabes, qui l'ont ensuite introduite en Europe" (NBG). Cossali's work was one of the very few scientific books printed by Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813), the most successful and influential Italian printer of his era, associated with the Royal Press at Parma from 1768 until his death, and proprietor of his own press from 1791. Bodoni "was the most successful early proponent of what is (somewhat misleadingly) referred to as the 'modern' typeface, distinguished by a strong contrast between the thin and thick strokes, and vertical, rather than oblique, shading. His books were produced for the wealthy and the aristocracy, and were more advanced in elegance and refinement than anything else being printed in Europe" (desktoppub [internet reference]). Typefaces based on Bodoni's are still widely used. Brooks, Edizioni Bodoniane, 696.

MASSOUL, Constant deA Treatise on the Art of Painting, 1797. MASSOUL, Constant de. A Treatise on the Art of Painting and the Composition of Colours. Containing Instructions for all the Various Processes of Painting. Together with Observations upon the Qualities and Ingredients of Colours. Translated from the French of M. Constant de Massoul. 242 pp. 8vo., bound in modern full morocco. London: Published and Sold by the Author, New Bond Street, Printed by T. Baylis, Greenville Street, London, 1797. |~||~||~||~| Constant de Massoul was an artist's colourman who operated a shop on Bond Street in London at the end of the eighteenth century. A Treatise on the Art of Painting, and the Composition of Colours is now a regularly-cited source for information about eighteenth-century painters' practice. The book includes clear descriptions of painting in enamel (the most solid and durable, but also the most difficult), mosaic, fresco, gouache, miniature, watercolour, pastel, and crayon. There are ten pages devoted to specifics of colour, including recipes for colourmaking.

Bayard, Ferdinand-MVoyage dans l'Interieur des États-Unis, a Bath, Winchester, dans la Vallée de Shenandoha, etc. etc. etc. pendant l'Été de 1791 Paris: Cocheris, 1797. First edition. (2), xvi, (2), 336 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter leather over paste paper boards, French tips, flat spine decorated in gilt, red leather spine label, marbled endpapers. Joints rubbed, spine label chipped, some spotting and soiling to the text block, otherwise a near fine copy. Ferdinand-Marie Bayard de La Vingtrie (1763-c.1818) had pursued a military career in his native France, rising to the rank of lieutenant before leaving the army in 1788. Bayard was in his twenties when he made this journey to Virginia (the area is now in West Virginia). In Clark's words, "His purposes in traveling to Bath were to save his wife and child the perils of a summer in Baltimore, and to observe Americans in village and country rather than in towns in constant intercourse with Europe... Bayard's account affords a sympathetic, sentimental, leisurely picture of society at a forgotten watering place seldom visited by travelers. His social and intellectual acceptability and the length of his stay set his book apart from the customary tourist-guide gazetteer. His stated intention of delineating manners and customs is fulfilled." After returning to France, he published "Voyage dans l'intérieur des États-Unis.".

Coleridge, Samuel TaylorPoems by S.T. Coleridge. To which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd London: Printed by N. Biggs, for J. Cottle, Bristol, and and Messrs. Robinsons, London, 1797. Second edition, expanded. xx, 278 pp., lacks errata slip. 1 vols. 8vo (172 x 106 mm). Original paper-backed marbled boards, uncut. Lacks front free endpaper, hinges weak, title with offsetting from bookplates and with Abel Berland bookplate pasted to lower blank margin, pencilled marginalia on Contents and two text leaves, in a full brown morocco pull-off case, elaborately gilt. Second edition, expanded. xx, 278 pp., lacks errata slip. 1 vols. 8vo (172 x 106 mm). In Boards. After the favorable reception of the first edition of 1796, the publisher Cottle requested a second, to which Coleridge contributed several new pieces, including "The Ode to the Departing Year," as well as Lamb's and Lloyd's poems which were printed here for the first time. Coleridge also added a new Preface in which he defended himself from charges of obscurity.

STAUNTON, Sir George Leonard (1737-1801)An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China ... Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney London: W.Bulmer & Co. for G.Nicol, 1797. 3 volumes (text: 2 vols, quarto [10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches], atlas vol.: large folio [22 1/2 x 17 inches.)] Text: 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, of Emperor Tchien Lung in vol.I and the Earl Macartney in vol.II, 1 plate, 26 vignette illustrations after William Alexander and others. Atlas: 44 engraved views, plans, plates, charts or maps (including a large folding world map, 3 natural history subjects and 25 views). Text: contemporary tree calf, flat spine divided into six compartments, lettered in gilt in the second compartment, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt. (Expert repairs at top and tail of spine). Atlas: expertly bound to style in half calf over period brown paper covered boards, spine gilt uniform to the text Provenance: Sir Thomas Courtenay Warner, 1st Baronet (armorial bookplate in text) First edition of the official published account of the first British embassy to China, headed by the Earl Macartney: complete with the atlas of maps and plates. George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806) was dispatched to Beijing in 1792 traveling via Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope and Indonesia. He was accompanied by Staunton, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Staunton&#39;s 11-year-old son who was nominally the ambassador&#39;s page. On the embassy&#39;s arrival in China it emerged that the 11-year-old was the only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to converse with the Emperor. The embassy, the first such to China, had two objectives: the first to register with the Emperor British displeasure at the treatment that the British merchants were receiving from the Chinese, the second to gain permission for a British minister to be resident in China. The first objective was achieved, the second was not. Macartney was twice granted an audience with the Emperor and in December 1793 he was sumptuously entertained by the Chinese viceroy in Canton, and returned to England via Macao and St. Helena, arriving in September 1794.Brunet V, 525; cf. Cordier Sinica 2381-2382; cf. Cox I, p.344; Hill (2004) 1628; Lowndes III, p.2502; Lust 545 & 547; cf. Catalogue of the Asiatic Library of Dr. G.E.Morrison (Tokyo: 1924) I, 696-697; cf. Stafleu & Cowan 12.835.

Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine Francois, marquis de (1744-1818)Private memoirs : relative to the last year of the reign of Lewis the Sixteenth, late King of France. By Ant. Fr. Bertrand de Moleville, Minister of State at that Time. Translated from the original manuscript of the author, which ... (Truncated) London : printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell) in the Strand, 1797, Hardback, Book Condition: Very Good, First EditionFull Book Title: Private memoirs : relative to the last year of the reign of Lewis the Sixteenth, late King of France. By Ant. Fr. Bertrand de Moleville, Minister of State at that Time. Translated from the original manuscript of the author, which has... ...which has never been published. With five portraits, from Original Pictures, of the Royal Family of France. In three volumesVery good copies all in the original, full tree calf. Professionally and period sympathetically re-backed with the title blocked direct in gilt; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description; 3v.,plates : ports. Subjects; Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 - Early works to 1800. France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799. Referenced by: English Short Title Catalog, T71148. Extracted from the me. which formed the basis of the author's "Annals of the French revolution", pub. London, 1800-02. cf. Preliminary note to the Annals, v. 1. v. 5. Translated and arranged by R. C. Dallas. French version published simultaneously, by the same publishers. cf. Tourneaux, Bibl. de l'hist. de l'aris pendant ia revolution francaise, t. I, p. 68.

SMITH, AdamEssais philosophiques Paris: H. Agasse,, 1797. précédés d'un précis de sa vie et de ses écrits; par Dugald Stewart... Traduit de l'anglais par P. Prevost. 2 parts bound in one, octavo (196 × 117 mm). Contemporary French speckled calf, flat spine ruled and decorated gilt, black morocco label, three-line gilt border on sides, marbled edges and endpapers. Fine engraved portrait frontispiece of Smith by Benoît-Louis Prévost. Upper joint and head of spine skilfully repaired, some light browning but a very attractive copy, complete with half-titles and the superb portrait (often missing). First French translation. "The writings that Joseph Black and James Hutton brought together in 1795 under the title Essays in Philosophical Subjects, together with Dugald Stewart's 'Account' and Smith's 1755 letter to the Edinburgh Review, were translated and published by Pierre Prévost as Essais philosophiques in 1797. Prévost added ten notes in the form of commentary directed to specific points, as well as a more general essay 'Reflexions sur les oeuvres posthumes d'Adam Smith'" (Tribe).

Pierre Joseph MACQUER, Henri Gabriel DUCHESNEManuel du naturaliste. Ouvrage utile aux voyageurs et à ceux qui visitent les cabinets d'histoire naturelle et de curiosités Mention of a second edition, but actually third, plus three volumes and 8 boards constellations rare; the first was published in 1770 in one volume, a second volume was added in 1771.Bound in full sheepskin period porphyry. Smooth back decorated with irons and 4 wheels and tail t ^ you. Piece of red morocco title and volume number in black morocco. Encadarement casters on the dishes. Back evenly and slightly thinned. A lack of volume in the first box I. Good copy.In the form of an alphabetical dictionary, the book lists all the knowledge of natural history at the time (mineralogy, botany, zoology, entomology, astronomy ...). For each article, the author notes a curious or remarkable aspect (medical virtues, oddities, features, etc.). Several useful tables in fine. Valuable. Chez Rémont A Paris 1797 An V 4 tomes en 4 Vol. in-8 (12x20cm) relié

Antoine RIVAROLDiscours préliminaire au nouveau dictionnaire de la langue française. Première partie. De l'homme, de ses facultés intellectuelles et de ses idées premières et fondamentales. [Ensemble] De l'université de la langue française First Edition. Two editions were published at the same time, the latter, and a second in Hamburg in Mowing. See Tchemerzine V, 409. The result of this preliminary discourse, as the famous dictionary, never emerge. The second text was published for the first time in Berlin in 1784 following this closely "subject proposed by the Academy of Berlin." Tchemerzine V, 403: 'This edition, well printed, is also sought as the original. Half black chagrin mid nineteenth Jansenist. Back to 4 nerves. The keynote speech is an ambitious book, both a reflection on the phonetic, linguistic reflection, and a book of philosophy of language, which considers that one can not speak of man and the world of ideas, not to mention language and speech. The second book is raised to the glory of French monument, "What is not clear is not French." Rivaroli born son of an Italian innkeeper, Antoine Rivarol tutor in Lyon and then in Paris, introduced in the halls calling himself Count Rivarol, it will be famous in his time to fight the glories of the time, writers and philosophers , against Beaumarchais, Buffon or Mirabaud, with violence and a real talent for satire and controversy. chez Cocheris. A Paris 1797 in 4 (18,5x24cm) (4) XXXIV (2) 240pp. et (2) 62pp. (1). relié

Anderson, JamesA practical treatise on draining bogs and swampy grounds, illustrated by figures; with cursory remarks upon the originality of Mr. Elkington's mode of draining. To which are added, directions for making a new kind of strong, cheap, and durable fence, for rich lands; for erecting, at little expence, mill-dams, or weirs upon rivers, that shall be alike firm and curable; for effectually guarding against encroachments by the sea upon the land, and for gradually raising drowned fens, into sound grass-lands. As also, disquisitions concerning the different breeds of sheep, and other domestic animals. G. G. and J. Robinson, London 1797 - 22 cm x 14 cm (4) + 308 pages folding engraved frontis + two woodcut plates.Bookplate of The Royal Agriculture Society to front end paper and small paper sticker.Contents clean and tight , recased in the original half leather binding .spine relayed paper index number to base of spine. Some light surface rubbing to corners and edges ,binding tight with no splits. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

N/aDel Petrarca E Delle Sue Opere Presso Gaetabo Cambiagi - Florence, 1797 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Really high quality18th centuryFlorentine printing of Petrarch with excellent margins. In original binding. Bound in half leather with marble paper-cover boards and gilt lettering. Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) Renaissance poet and scholar, often called the father of humanism. Petrarch is credited with developing and popularising the sonnet form. his poems are still often used as models today. Condition: The binding is reasonably firm with the boards and all internal pages attached, although the front hinge is strained. There issome wear to the extremities includingfading, marks and scuffingto the boards and leather, bumping to the corners and chipping to the leather spine, with some loss. A corner of the title label is missing. Internally the pages are generally clean with theoccasional brown spotor handling mark. The title page is quite grubby and there is a bookplate on thefront pastedown. The condition of this volume isgood..

Hyton, John:TO HIS EXCELLENCY THOMAS MIFFLIN ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE PETITION OF JOHN HYTON OF STRASBURG TOWNSHIP IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER. HUMBLY SHEWETH. YOUR PETITIONER'S WIFE HATH BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF HORSE STEALING AND SENTENCED TO ONE MONTHS IMPRISONMENT AND TO PAY A FINE OF SIXTY DOLLARS FOR THE USE OF THE STATE. THAT YOUR PETITIONER IS VERY POOR AND IN DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNABLE TO PAY THE SAID FINE, HAVING ALSO THREE SMALL CHILDREN WHO DEPEND UPON YOUR PETITIONERS DAILY LABOUR FOR THEIR SCANTY SUBSISTENCE. YOUR PETITIONER THEREFORE HUMBLY PRAYS THAT YOUR EXCELLENCY TAKING HIS DEPLORABLE SITUATION INTO CONSIDERATION MAY BE PLEASED TO REMIT THE SAID FINE. [Lancaster, PA: 1797 - [1], [2 blanks], [1- docket, with Governor Mifflin's signature approving the petition]. Manuscript petition, written in ink on a single page, with the names and signatures of ten townspeople endorsing the petition. One leaf. Old folds with a few short splits but Very Good. Elizabeth Hyton was convicted of horse stealing "on the last Monday of February Anno Domini 1797." Governor Mifflin pardoned her on March 27, 1797, when her one-month jail sentence expired. Fortunately for Elizabeth and her impoverished family, Pennsylvania did not consider horse theft a capital crime, unlike some States. In 1786 Pennsylvania became the first State to adopt discretionary terms of hard labor and imprisonment for felony offenses, and to delegate to judges rather than juries the authority to determine the sentence. "The frequency with which felons were pardoned may be surprising to those familiar with modern clemency practices. Pardon and benefit of clergy were alternative and ameliorative features of what was otherwise a horribly draconian penal system." King, 'The Origins of Felony Jury Sentencing in the U.S.' 78 Chicago-Kent Law Review No. 3, pages 937, 949 [2003] [noting the dramatic rise in pardons for horse-stealing in 18th century Virginia, when it was rendered a capital crime].

Pope, Alexander:THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE ESQ In Nine Volumes, Complete With Notes and Illustrations by Joseph Warton, D D and others London: Printed for B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G.G. and J. Robinson et al. 1797. Bound in contemporary full tree calf, titles and volume number in gilt on red morocco labels to the spine. Portrait frontispiece in volume one. An attractive set, the spine tips a little nicked and some rubbing to the joints. The volume number label to volume eight wanting from the spine. The contents are complete and generally clean with the occasion finger mark and light spotting to the margins. Previous owner?'s inscription to the blank endpaper of the first volume. A handsome set. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Andrews, Henry CThe Botanist's Repository. " The Botanist's Repository, for New, and Rare Plants Illustrated Books: London: Printed by T. Bensley, and published by the author. 1797-1815. 10 vols, 4to. With 9 (of 10) titles, and 654 of 664 plates, colour-printed and finished by hand. Contemporary full crimson straight-grained morocco, apart from the last volume which has been bound in contemporary half morocco. Plates 163-8 in volume 3 misbound between plates 156 & 7. A superb and unusually complete set, clean, bright and in a fine contemporary binding. Andrews himself drew, engraved and hand coloured all the plates. The absence of plates from the final volume is explained by a handwritten note, loosely inserted into the final volume, expressing the frustration of the original owner, who had been collecting the parts of Andrews' work as they were issued for the best part of twenty years and finally ran out of patience: "This volume wants a number - with the index - of which Mr Andrews had long promised to give - to compleat the 10th vol. - which finishes the work -but after 2 or 3 years bound them up with some others of his works - Roses & Geraniums. January 1815 - Begun 1797". Andrews' monumental work is an early example of colour printing and the first printed representation of many exotic species. It was issued (notionally at least) in 137 monthly parts. Most of the descriptions in vols. 1-5 are by John Kennedy; those in vol. 6 are by Adrian Hardy. Haworth (ESTC).: Dunthorne 8, Nissen 2382. Illustrated Books Natural History Botany Flowers

AUDEBERT, Jean-Baptiste (1759-1800)Flying lemur, an original watercolour sketch for a published print - Original pencil, bodycolour and watecolour by Audebert, on laid paper. Fine condition. Sheet size: 22 x 14 1/2 inches. A very fine original watercolour by Audebert: an original of an image that was published in his first great natural history book 'Histoire Naturelle des Singes' (Paris: 1797-1800). Although the present drawing is unsigned, it is clearly by Audebert. This fine watercolour gives some insight into the working methods of one of the most highly respected pioneers of a golden era in natural history publications in France. Audebert, a painter by training, was born at Rochefort. His interest in natural history was stimulated by a commission to help with the preparation of the plates for G. A. Olivier's work on Coleoptera. This drawing is an original for Audebert's Histoire Naturelle des Singes , the only publication of his own work to be completed during his life-time, which was published in ten parts between 1797 and 1800. He died in 1800, in Paris, leaving notes and drawings for a number of other works which were published after his death.

George WashingtonA piece of live oak from the frigate <i>U.S.S. Constitution, </i>carved into an elegant oval frame with an engraved portrait of George Washington, who was President when this, America's most famous ship, was first outfitted n.p., n.d. A small wooden picture frame, 2.5" x 3.25", with a hand-carved motif and acorns of a southern live oak tree running along the .5" wide molding, surrounding an engraved bust portrait of George Washington (after Gilbert Stuart). The paper backing on the verso reads: "Live Oak taken from the Frigate 'Constitution'", and signed with the initials, "A. M." Minor wear, some toning to paper backing on verso. The primary building material for the U.S.S. Constitution was southern live oak, which was cut and milled near St. Simons, Georgia. The southern live oak was highly prized by ship builders for its extraordinary tensile strength and its ability to resist salt air and rot. The same qualities made harvesting the trees enormously labor intensive and time consuming. Several hundred live oak trees were used in the construction of the frigate, and crews battled not only the incredibly tough wood, but heat, mosquitos and the diseases they carried with them. Due to these factors, it took nearly three years to complete the ship, which was launched on September 20, 1797.

Homann Heirs Charte Von Africa? Nuremberg: , 1797. Engraved double page (24 " x 21 "), hand colored, large title cartouche in bottom left corner. Old repair on bottom fold separation, some scattered tiny holes; otherwise very good plus. This large attractive map of Africa includes in the title description that Franz Ludwig Gussefeld (1744-1807 prepared this map with astronomical observations found on the maps of Sayer, Rennel and Arrowsmith. According to Norwich (see map 112) the German notation in the bottom left further states that accurate geographical knowledge of the interior will only be available after further exploration. No interior settlements are named. Despite the attempt at greater accuracy, many of the larger rivers of central and North Africa are omitted or are shown incorrectly. Still, the map is attractive and colorful. Norwich # 112.

Adams, JohnA Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States 1797. Published Under Adams's Supervision Adams, John [1735-1826]. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, Against the Attack of M. Turgot in His Letter to Dr. Price, Dated the Twenty-Second Day of March, 1778. Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for William Corbett, 1797. Three volumes. 6, xxxiii, [2], 4-392; [iv], 451; [ii] 528, [36] pp. Volume I has copperplate portrait frontispiece and Six-page subscriber list. Octavo (8" x 5"). Recent period-style calf, blind fillets and gilt rules to boards, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering pieces to spines. Moderate toning to texts, occasional light foxing, Volume II has light to moderate dampstaining to the upper portion of the first half of the text block, mostly to margins, title page of Volume III browned and edgeworn, following few leaves have light edgewear. Early owner initials to top-edges of text blocks, later owner signature to head of Volume III title page, interior otherwise clean. * Third, final and best edition, the last one published under Adams's supervision. He wrote this fundamental contribution to American political theory when he was the American ambassador at the Court of St. James. First published in London, the Defence was a profound influence on the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the framers of several post-Revolutionary state constitutions. It also did much to familiarize Europeans with the novel political events taking place in America. Adams intended the Defence to be a one-volume work. He added two more volumes in 1787 and 1788 to offer more examples and address issues raised by critics. The first volume, reprinted from the London edition, was reprinted in New York and Philadelphia in 1787 and Boston in 1788. An abridged two-volume French translation was published in Paris in 1792. The third edition, a corrected reprint of the second and final London edition, 1794, was the only complete three-volume text published in the United States. Not in Sabin. Howes, USIana 60. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 2736.

Francis HargraveJuridical Arguments and Collections. Two Volumes [complete]. Quarto London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1797-99. Early 1/4 calf over marbled boards, ?later endpapers, lightly rubbed and a bit of browning, else a very good clean and wide-margined set The first collection of Hargrave's own speeches and opinions, "painstackingly accurate" in John Baker's words, "show[ing] (in Sir William Holdsworth's view) that he was as accomplished a modern lawyer aw he was learned in the history of the law

Encyclopaedia BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica; Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature; 1797, the Third Edition in Eighteen Volumes; Plus Supplement in Two Volumes, 1801. Printed for A. Bell and MacFarquhar; & for Archibald Constable. 1797. constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form, of distinct treatises or systems, comprehending the history, theory, and practice, of each, according to the latest discoveries and improvements. 1797. The third edition, 18 volumes, illustrated with 542 COPPER PLATES, including many Maps.; + SUPPLEMENT to the third edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, in TWO VOLUMES, Printed for Thomas Bonar, 1801. Illustrated with FIFTY COPPERPLATES.--------------- The set has been rebacked using early C19 marbled boards. This has been done in the last forty years or so. ....... Occasional foxing, the odd small damp stain, and the odd small tear. On the whole a very good, tight, and clean set.

Bayard, Ferdinand-MVoyage dans l'Interieur des États-Unis, a Bath, Winchester, dans la Vallée de Shenandoha, etc. etc. etc. pendant l'Été de 1791 Paris: Cocheris, 1797 - Ferdinand-Marie Bayard de La Vingtrie (1763-c.1818) had pursued a military career in his native France, rising to the rank of lieutenant before leaving the army in 1788. Bayard was in his twenties when he made this journey to Virginia (the area is now in West Virginia). In Clark's words, "His purposes in traveling to Bath were to save his wife and child the perils of a summer in Baltimore, and to observe Americans in village and country rather than in towns in constant intercourse with Europe- Bayard's account affords a sympathetic, sentimental, leisurely picture of society at a forgotten watering place seldom visited by travelers. His social and intellectual acceptability and the length of his stay set his book apart from the customary tourist-guide gazetteer. His stated intention of delineating manners and customs is fulfilled." After returning to France, he published "Voyage dans l'intérieur des États-Unis." First edition. 8vo. (2), xvi, (2), 336 pp. Contemporary quarter leather over paste paper boards, French tips, flat spine decorated in gilt, red leather spine label, marbled endpapers. Joints rubbed, spine label chipped, some spotting and soiling to the text block, otherwise a near fine copy. Sabin 4022; Streeter II:829; Howes B225; Clark II:77 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

RADCLIFFE, Ann.The Italian, or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents. A romance. - Dublin, printed for P. Wogan &c 1797. Two volumes 12mo contemporary sheep (some insect chewing of leather around the spines). Some browning and signs of use but a pleasing enough original copy. First Irish edition, hard on the heels of the London edition. Having never recovered from The Mysteries of Udolpho and the awe and wonder it produced in me - I still wonder how it didn't kill the Romantic movement stone dead and I had an awful urge to slap Emily every time she trembled in ecstacy faced with a slice of nature - I'm unable to face The Italian. The conflicting opinions of it being her both her best and her worst book makes it bit more intriguing.

Savage, Charles RoscoeJoseph Young carte de visite Salt Lake City, UT: C.R. Savage, Pioneer Art Gallery. Photograph. Carte de visite of Mormon leader Joseph Young. Art Bazar backstamp. Image and mount in near fine condition. Joseph Young (1797-1881) was the older brother of Brigham Young, and an early Mormon convert (1832). In 1835 he was ordained as one of the seven presidents of the First Quorum of the Seventy, he would hold this position for the remainder of his life.

GIDO, --Hiden Senba zuru origata [trans.: Secret Methods of Making a Thousand Conjoined Cranes] Very numerous woodcuts in the text. 31 folding leaves. Small 8vo, orig. blue wrappers (somewhat worn & rubbed), orig. block printed title label on upper cover (rubbed & frayed). Kyoto: 1797. First edition of the first book on recreational -- as compared to ceremonial -- origami techniques. Gido (1762-1834), the chief priest of Choenji temple at Kuwana City, was an expert of the Renzuru technique. This, the most classic and advanced of all Japanese origami methods, is a technique in which up to one hundred connected cranes are created from one folded sheet of paper. Strategic cuts are made to the original large square sheet, forming a mosaic of semi-detached smaller squares which are then folded into connected crane shapes. Rito Akisato (fl. 1780-1814), has provided each model with a short comic poem (Kyoka). The illustrator, Shunsensai Takehara from Osaka, the son of the famous artist Shuchosai Takehara, depicts the 49 models of cranes, each of increasing complexity. In addition, Takehara also provides several full-page or double-page illustrations of women making origami along with other historical scenes. Fine copy preserved in a box. There is no copy of this book located in WorldCat; it is truly rare, copies no doubt having been used to death. .